Episodes

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Jeff Nettleton and Leo Hentschker. Jeff has developed a specialty building software products in the health-tech space. His career journey has included working as the Director of Engineering at Aledade and has most recently brought him to Color, where he is currently the Staff Software Engineer. As the CTO of public notice startup, Column, Leo is currently focused on building the engineering team. Prior to that, he was one of the early e...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup leaders Roselle Safran and Mike Hans. Roselle is the CEO and Founder of cybersecurity startup, KeyCaliber. Her previous startup, Uplevel Security, was acquired by McAfee. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Roselle led cybersecurity operations at the Executive Office of the President during the Obama Administration. Mike is the VP of Engineering at cybersecurity startup, Picnic. His professional background spans numerous cybersecurity startups whe...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup tech leaders Padmashree Koneti and Seth Cousins. Padmashree has spent over 25 years building a career in tech, spanning Software Engineering, Product Management and Operations. Padmashree deeply believes that each person's career is a unique journey, more akin to rock climbing the face of a mountain than a linear progression on a well-defined path. Seth has been working on software in various forms for over 25 years now. He started as a softwa...

How We Hatched: Igor Jablokov, Founder and CEO of Pryon | Ep01 Welcome to the first episode of our series called "How We Hatched" where we have candid conversations with tech founders and unveil their unique startup journeys. In this episode, our host Tim Winkler speaks with Igor Jablokov, the founder and CEO of AI startup Pryon. Previously at IBM, Igor grew impatient with the gap between the invention and commercialization of AI and departed to establish cloud computing pioneer Yap. Five yea...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup engineering leaders, Frankie Nicoletti and Josh Tong. Frankie is a software engineer, leader, educator, and polymath and has worked at several early-stage startups ranging from ecommerce to social media. Josh Tong is currently the Principal Product Manager at CognitOps and offers a decade of experience building out product teams at Series A startups. This episode sheds light on startup engineering and product teams as they scale from seed to S...

What are the roles of startup product and engineering teams? How can these teams collaborate effectively, to make innovative products? Join our hosts, Tim and Mike, alongside our guests Rebecca Moran and Johnny Ray Austin, as they discuss the unique relationship between product and engineering. With 5+ years of experience leading startup product teams, Rebecca offers a wealth of valuable insights. She is currently the Senior Director of Product Management at Procurated, where she leads the pro...

How does a startup evolve from risky venture to stable organization? What role does funding play in a startup’s trajectory? In this episode, co-hosts Tim and Mike, alongside our guests Michael Grove and Spiro Roiniotis, dissect how the source of funding impacts the way startups scale. Michael is SVP of Engineering and Co-Founder at Stardog, where he manages their world-class engineering organization and helps shape the direction of the Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph. Spiro is CTO and co-fou...

Join our hosts, Tim and Mike, as they talk to startup engineering leaders Geoff Harcourt and Mitch Pirtle. Geoff is the CTO at CommonLit, a non-profit that distributes a literacy curriculum in English and Spanish to millions of students around the world. He currently leads an engineering team with zero C.S. majors. Mitch is the CTO at InsurTech startup, HOMEE, and comes from a career of starting companies and open-source projects. He has built the engineering departments at several high growth s...

The Build vs. Buy Software Debate: Tips from Startup Engineering Leaders | The Pair Program Ep01 Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup engineering leaders Mike Garrett and Ian Lotinsky. Mike Garrett, an Engineering Manager at Caribou, is no stranger to startup life and has experienced the startup lifecycle from pre-money through acquisition. Ian is the VP of Product, Engineering, and Design at Imagine Learning. He’s been building web products since the mid-90s for organizations of...

Join us as our hosts, Tim and Mike, talk to startup engineering leaders Mike Garrett and Ian Lotinsky. Mike Garrett, an Engineering Manager at Caribou, is no stranger to startup life and has experienced the startup lifecycle from pre-money through acquisition. Ian is the VP of Product, Engineering, and Design at Imagine Learning. He’s been building web products since the mid-90s for organizations of all sizes. In this episode we take a deep dive into the build vs. buy software debate. You’ll le...